Bard envisions the liberal arts institution as the hub of a network, rather than a single, self-contained campus. Numerous institutes for special study are available on and off campus, connecting Bard students to the greater community.

The Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College embodies the fundamental belief that education and civil society are inextricably linked. In an age of information overload, it is more important than ever that citizens be educated and trained to think critically and be actively engaged with issues affecting public life.

Historic Garden Tools of Montgomery Place

Saturday, July 1, 2017 – Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Montgomery Place CampusLandscape and Arboretum Program presents a free exhibition focusing on the antique garden implements used at Montgomery Place for vegetable gardening, landscaping, orchard care, and ornamental floral display. “Historic Garden Tools of Montgomery Place” is on display in the Greenhouse Tool Room on the Montgomery Place Campus, which is open daily from sunrise to sunset.Sponsored by: Landscape and Arboretum Program.

Dimitrij

Wednesday, August 2, 20172 pm

Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterAcclaimed at its 1882 premiere for its strong dramatic moments, original melodies, and masterful choral writing, Antonín Dvořák's Dimitrij was widely regarded as one of the most significant works created for the Czech operatic stage. Based on events of 17th-century Russia, Dimitrij resumes where Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov leaves off—vividly depicting the uncertainty, tribal loyalties, and struggles for power in the wake of the revered tsar's death.

Chopin and the Image of Romanticism

Thursday, August 3, 20177 pm

Jim Ottaway Jr. Film CenterThe 2017 SummerScape Film Series explores the varied cinematic legacies of Romantic icon Fryderyk Chopin. In addition to biopics approaching his life from different vantage points, the series will highlight the importance of his music to ambitious literary adaptations, the type of intimate chamber dramas epitomized by Ingmar Bergman, and historical epics such as The Pianist. Sponsored by: Fisher Center.

Picture Industry

Thursday, August 3, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Thursday, August 3, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Thursday, August 3, 20178 pm

A retrospective of 1950's West Coast jazz, where the frenetic sounds of bebop met the laid-back cool of sun and surf in the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Commissioned by the Catskill Jazz Factory, Hollywood & Vine features Aaron Johnson (performing on saxophone, clarinet and flute) and rising vocalist Veronica Swift, backed by an ensemble comprised of a "who's who" of rising players on the New York jazz scene.

At a time when the union of jazz and popular music created new commercial and cinematic possibilities, Los Angeles was a hotbed for these new sounds with releases from the likes of Capitol, Pacific Jazz, and Contemporary Records.

Johnson leads this night with a fresh look at time-tested favorites as well as less recognized gems, drawing from the repertoire of legendary figures such as June Christy and Bob Cooper, Stan Kenton, Julie London, Buddy Collette, Shorty Rogers, and the Lighthouse All-Stars.

Picture Industry

Friday, August 4, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Friday, August 4, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Dimitrij

Friday, August 4, 20177:30 pm

Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterAcclaimed at its 1882 premiere for its strong dramatic moments, original melodies, and masterful choral writing, Antonín Dvořák's Dimitrij was widely regarded as one of the most significant works created for the Czech operatic stage. Based on events of 17th-century Russia, Dimitrij resumes where Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov leaves off—vividly depicting the uncertainty, tribal loyalties, and struggles for power in the wake of the revered tsar's death.

MX Bond's House of Whimsy

Friday, August 4, 20178:30 pm

Welcome back to the House of Whimsy—an alluring, edgy, and irreverent evening of divas and deviants from the downtown performance scene—selected and introduced by Mx. Justin Vivian Bond. Established Spiegeltent favorites mingle with talented newcomers in a program of variety acts that will ravish, provoke, and astound.

Picture Industry

Saturday, August 5, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Saturday, August 5, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

MX Bond's House of Whimsy

Saturday, August 5, 20178:30 pm

Welcome back to the House of Whimsy—an alluring, edgy, and irreverent evening of divas and deviants from the downtown performance scene—selected and introduced by Mx. Justin Vivian Bond. Established Spiegeltent favorites mingle with talented newcomers in a program of variety acts that will ravish, provoke, and astound.

Montgomery Place Mansion Tours

Saturday, August 5, 201710:30–2:15 am

Bard College: The Montgomery Place CampusTours will be given at 10:30, 11:30, 1:30, and 2:30, Saturdays only. Each tour will last for 45 minutes. Admission is $10/per person.Sponsored by: Montgomery Place.

Picture Industry

Sunday, August 6, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Sunday, August 6, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Dimitrij

Sunday, August 6, 20172 pm

Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterAcclaimed at its 1882 premiere for its strong dramatic moments, original melodies, and masterful choral writing, Antonín Dvořák's Dimitrij was widely regarded as one of the most significant works created for the Czech operatic stage. Based on events of 17th-century Russia, Dimitrij resumes where Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov leaves off—vividly depicting the uncertainty, tribal loyalties, and struggles for power in the wake of the revered tsar's death.

Chopin and the Image of Romanticism

Sunday, August 6, 20177 pm

Jim Ottaway Jr. Film CenterThe 2017 SummerScape Film Series explores the varied cinematic legacies of Romantic icon Fryderyk Chopin. In addition to biopics approaching his life from different vantage points, the series will highlight the importance of his music to ambitious literary adaptations, the type of intimate chamber dramas epitomized by Ingmar Bergman, and historical epics such as The Pianist. Sponsored by: Fisher Center.

Part of the SummerScape film series: Chopin and the Image of Romanticism

Sunday, August 6, 20177 pm

Aleksander Ford gives a new ideological significance to Chopin’s life in his socialist realist biopic. Chopin’s music is used with comic irony in Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s novel.

Picture Industry

Monday, August 7, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Monday, August 7, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Picture Industry

Thursday, August 10, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Thursday, August 10, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Chopin and the Image of Romanticism

Thursday, August 10, 20177 pm

Jim Ottaway Jr. Film CenterThe 2017 SummerScape Film Series explores the varied cinematic legacies of Romantic icon Fryderyk Chopin. In addition to biopics approaching his life from different vantage points, the series will highlight the importance of his music to ambitious literary adaptations, the type of intimate chamber dramas epitomized by Ingmar Bergman, and historical epics such as The Pianist. Sponsored by: Fisher Center.

Part of the SummerScape film series: Chopin and the Image of Romanticism

Thursday, August 10, 20177 pm

A Chopin waltz is used to deepen the stakes of the ethical decisions of the protagonist in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Camera Buff, one of the key films of the Polish Cinema of Moral Anxiety. Fifteen years later, in the black comedy White, Kieślowski parodied the use of Chopin music in earlier Polish films.

1960s: Songs of Protest and ReconciliationVuyo Sotashe Ensemble

Thursday, August 10, 20178 pm

South African jazz vocalist Vuyo Sotashe performs the politically-charged songs of artists who expressed the cultural revolution of 1960s America through pop, rock, soul, and jazz.Nina Simone said “art must reflect the times.” From this perspective, Sotashe (a Fulbright scholar and winner of South Africa’s biggest music scholarship competition) creates an evening dedicated to artists whose music deeply expressed and often defined their time.

In addition to music by Simone, Sotashe and his band will perform songs by artists such as Marvin Gaye, Miriam Makeba, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, and Harry Belafonte.

Picture Industry

Friday, August 11, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Friday, August 11, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Arrival Day, Check-in, and Financial Clearance for All First-Year Students

Friday, August 11, 2017

Chopin and His World

The 28th Season

Friday, August 11, 2017 – Sunday, August 20, 2017

Fisher CenterAugust 11–13Chopin, the Piano, and Musical Culture of the 19th Century

August 18–20Originality and Virtuosity

Join us for an exploration of the life and times of Fryderyk Chopin (1810–49), whose distinctive originality continues to shape the way we think about music, Romanticism, and modern Polish identity.Sponsored by: Fisher Center.

2017 Bard Music Festival Opening Night Dinner

Friday, August 11, 20175:30 pm

Begin your evening with an elegant cocktail reception and dinner in the Spiegeltent to celebrate the start of the 28th season of the Bard Music Festival, then head over to the Fisher Center to enjoy the concert.

Tickets include a pre-performance dinner in the Spiegeltent and a premium seat for the evening's concert.

The first of two all-Chopin performances. Exploiting the festival’s unusual ability to vary the traditional concert format by integrating solo, vocal, and orchestral works within a single event, the program provides an overview of the composer’s all-too-brief career. Highlights include the beloved F-minor Piano Concerto, one of Chopin’s teenage masterpieces; rarely heard songs set to texts by the Polish poets he most favored; and his Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni, in the original version for piano and orchestra. It was this work that prompted the young Schumann to exclaim: “Hats off gentlemen, a genius!” and which – when Chopin played it to cap his Parisian debut – would serve as his passport to Europe.

Joan Osborne Sings the Songs of Bob Dylan

Friday, August 11, 20178:30 pm

Fisher Center, SpiegeltentJoan Osborne has rightfully earned a reputation as one of the great voices of her generation — a commanding, passionate performer and a frank, emotionally evocative songwriter. A multi-platinum selling recording artist and seven-time Grammy nominee, the soulful vocalist has performed alongside Bob Dylan, Luciano Pavarotti, Stevie Wonder, and Emmylou Harris, to name a few. Now she makes her Spiegeltent debut with her acoustic trio, covering songs of the 2016 Nobel prize winner in Literature, Bob Dylan.

Picture Industry

Saturday, August 12, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Saturday, August 12, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Montgomery Place Mansion Tours

Saturday, August 12, 201710:30–2:15 am

Bard College: The Montgomery Place CampusTours will be given at 10:30, 11:30, 1:30, and 2:30, Saturdays only. Each tour will last for 45 minutes. Admission is $10/per person.Sponsored by: Montgomery Place.

BACK TO (ab)NORMAL: An Evening with Rebecca Havemeyer, Dane Terry, & CHRISTEENE

Saturday, August 12, 20178:30 pm

Fisher Center, SpiegeltentMx. Bond presents a double bill of two rousing cabaret stars -- soulful piano balladeer Dane Terry, and actor Paul Soileau performing as his paradoxical alter egos Rebecca Havemeyer, “Austin’s finest bingo hostess,” and Christeene, feral princess of punk. Raw and raucous, Christeene is a gender-blending, R-rated nightclub star, definitely not for the faint of heart. Lauded as the “millennial Cole Porter,” Dane Terry wowed the Spiegeltent in last summer’s House of Whimsy. These artists will seduce, amuse, and shock, with a sweet-salty smorgasbord of the very best of today’s queer performance.

Picture Industry

Sunday, August 13, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Sunday, August 13, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Chopin and the Image of Romanticism

Sunday, August 13, 20177 pm

Jim Ottaway Jr. Film CenterThe 2017 SummerScape Film Series explores the varied cinematic legacies of Romantic icon Fryderyk Chopin. In addition to biopics approaching his life from different vantage points, the series will highlight the importance of his music to ambitious literary adaptations, the type of intimate chamber dramas epitomized by Ingmar Bergman, and historical epics such as The Pianist. Sponsored by: Fisher Center.

John Cage’s Musicircus

Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Musicand John Cage Trust

Sunday, August 13, 20176:30–9:30 pm

Fisher Center, SpiegeltentIn commemoration of the 50th anniversary of John Cage’s Musicircus, first mounted in the Livestock Pavilion at the University of Illinois in 1967, the John Cage Trust joins with musicians from the Bard College Conservatory of Music and its extended community for a celebratory performance of this historically significant and gloriously anarchic work. Befitting a circus, Musicircus features chance-determined performances by more than 40 musicians—often simultaneous, always surprising—both inside and outdoors. A family-friendly, free event to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Cage’s death and his ongoing legacy.For more information, call 845-758-6822.

Picture Industry

Monday, August 14, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Monday, August 14, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Language and Thinking Program

Monday, August 14, 2017 – Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Picture Industry

Thursday, August 17, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Thursday, August 17, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Chopin and the Image of Romanticism

Thursday, August 17, 20177 pm

Jim Ottaway Jr. Film CenterThe 2017 SummerScape Film Series explores the varied cinematic legacies of Romantic icon Fryderyk Chopin. In addition to biopics approaching his life from different vantage points, the series will highlight the importance of his music to ambitious literary adaptations, the type of intimate chamber dramas epitomized by Ingmar Bergman, and historical epics such as The Pianist. Sponsored by: Fisher Center.

Movement, Miniatures, and Mysticism

Thursday, August 17, 20178 pm

Fisher Center, SpiegeltentTrace the influence of Chopin’s work in the music of Les Six to Witold Lutosławski (1913-94); Henryk Górecki (1933-2010); Marta Ptaszyńska (b. 1943); Agata Zubel (b. 1978); and others.

Spiegeltent performance by Bard Music West Sponsored by: Bard Music Festival.

Picture Industry

Friday, August 18, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Friday, August 18, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

The Romantic Wind Symphony

Friday, August 18, 20175 pm

Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterPitched at the extreme ends of the genre, the works on this program showcase the vast range of timbre and aesthetic the modern wind orchestra is capable of. From the elegant, almost serenade-like sensibility of the Gounod to the raw emotion and power of the Berlioz, the listener will be treated to a feast for the ears.

Joan As Police Woman

Friday, August 18, 20178:30 pm

Fisher Center, SpiegeltentIndie rock darling Joan Wasser, a.k.a. Joan As Police Woman, has been arresting audiences since 2003 with her sultry, slow-burning sound. Her songs “remind us of a time when pop tunes wound up injazz clubs without losing anything in translation,” (Pitchfork). Having toured and recorded with Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright, Antony and the Johnsons, and others, Wasser brings the best of her first five albums to this Spiegeltent debut.

Picture Industry

Saturday, August 19, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Saturday, August 19, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Montgomery Place Mansion Tours

Saturday, August 19, 201710:30–2:15 am

Bard College: The Montgomery Place CampusTours will be given at 10:30, 11:30, 1:30, and 2:30, Saturdays only. Each tour will last for 45 minutes. Admission is $10/per person.Sponsored by: Montgomery Place.

Picture Industry

Sunday, August 20, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Sunday, August 20, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Chopin and the Image of Romanticism

Sunday, August 20, 20177 pm

Jim Ottaway Jr. Film CenterThe 2017 SummerScape Film Series explores the varied cinematic legacies of Romantic icon Fryderyk Chopin. In addition to biopics approaching his life from different vantage points, the series will highlight the importance of his music to ambitious literary adaptations, the type of intimate chamber dramas epitomized by Ingmar Bergman, and historical epics such as The Pianist. Sponsored by: Fisher Center.

Part of the SummerScape film series: Chopin and the Image of Romanticism

Sunday, August 20, 20177 pm

Ingmar Bergman’s most moving and mysterious film, Cries and Whispers (1972), explicitly emulates musical structures and associates Chopin’s Mazurka in A minor (Op. 17, No. 4, 1833) with the movement of memory. It will be paired with Roberto Rossellini’s adaptation of Stendhal’s short story “Vanina Vanini.”

Picture Industry

Monday, August 21, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Monday, August 21, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Presented by: the Bard MBA in Sustainability program + Hudson Valley Tech Meet Up +ReThink Local

Wednesday, August 23, 20177–9 pm

Reem-Kayden Center

How can we transform business on to a sustainable path? We will soon be ten billion people on this one planet, and yet, it is not too late. This is a time of extraordinary peril, but also extraordinary promise. Join green business pioneer Hunter Lovins to learn how we can create a finer future.

Event Details:

Date: Wednesday 8/23/17

Time: 7:00-9:00 PM

Location: Reem Kayden Center (RKC) RM 103

L. Hunter Lovins is the President and Founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions. A renowned author and champion of sustainable development for over 40 years, Hunter has consulted on business, economic development, sustainable agriculture, energy, water, security, and climate policies for scores of governments, communities, and companies worldwide. Lovins is the author of, Natural Capitalism, and The Way Out: Kickstarting Capitalism To Save Our Economic Ass. Herforthcoming book is entitled A Finer Future.

Picture Industry

Thursday, August 24, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Thursday, August 24, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Entrepreneuring with Purpose

Business Stepping Up: The Lovins Series

Thursday, August 24, 20176:30–8:30 pm

As President Trump pursues a regressive, isolationist agenda, business is stepping up to address climate change, promote equality and protect human rights, and create economic opportunity. Join sustainability pioneer Hunter Lovins for a conversation series with industry experts to explore this shift in progressive business leadership.

August's Business Stepping Up conversation will feature Alejandro Crawford discussing how entrepreneurial strategies and skills are critical for anyone pursuing innovative business solutions to today's toughest challenges. Alejandro Crawford is Managing Director at Acceleration Group, where he enables leaders of mission-driven businesses and nonprofit organizations build bottom-up innovation, forge risk-aware strategy, and seize “acceleration moments” to increase their impact on the markets and communities they serve. He publishes regular opinion pieces for forums such as U.S. News and World Report’s Economic Intelligence blog, and speaks frequently on sustainability, entrepreneurship, and education. His courses and workshops have launched change-makers and innovators across half a dozen universities and an array of client organizations. Crawford serves on and facilitates strategy for various educational boards and is co-founder of the Mountaintop Program, which challenges young people to imagine solutions to problems they identify, in a dynamic exchange with individuals who have created such solutions in practice.

Join Bard MBA in Sustainability as we host the Business Stepping Up Series monthly in downtown Manhattan featuring Hunter Lovins in discussion with Bard MBA faculty and alumni who are part of this business revolution.

Picture Industry

Friday, August 25, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Friday, August 25, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Picture Industry

Saturday, August 26, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Saturday, August 26, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Montgomery Place Mansion Tours

Saturday, August 26, 201710:30–2:15 am

Bard College: The Montgomery Place CampusTours will be given at 10:30, 11:30, 1:30, and 2:30, Saturdays only. Each tour will last for 45 minutes. Admission is $10/per person.Sponsored by: Montgomery Place.

The literary journal Conjunctions, edited by novelist Bradford Morrow and published by Bard College, has been a living notebook for provocative, innovative, immaculately crafted fiction, poetry, and narrative nonfiction since 1981. As Karen Russell has said, “Conjunctions is a translation into a multiverse of stories and poems and essays and even weirder hybrid forms, the mutant menagerie of literary fiction. I read it with Christmas pleasure.” Rick Moody agrees: “Without a doubt, Conjunctions is the best literary magazine in America.”

Located in the heart of Wicker Park, Myopic Books has been voted Chicago’s favorite and best used bookstore by Chicago Magazine, Chicago Reader, and Concierge Preferred. With music and poetry series, over seventy thousand books, and incredible staff recommendations, it's long been at the heart of the Chicago’s independent literary community. Myopic’s thriving Saturday poetry reading series, curated by poet and milkmag.org editor Larry Sawyer since 2004, has recently featured authors such as Eileen Myles, Ron Silliman, Bernadette Mayer, and Tim Kinsella.

Note that this event’s second-floor venue may not be accessible to those with mobility impairments. If you wish to attend but are restricted from doing so by the stair access, please let us know at conjunctions@bard.edu.

ABOUT THE READERS

AMY ENGLAND is the author of The Flute Ship Castricum, Victory and Her Opposites: A Guide (both Tupelo), and the book of collages For the Reckless Sleeper (American Letters and Commentary). Her work has appeared in numerous journals, including Conjunctions’ online edition, and her anthology publications include Robert Hass’s 2001 edition of Best American Poetry. She is the editor of the poetry chapbook publisher Transparent Tiger Press, and teaches poetics, surrealism, and writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

“Place and motion, place in motion, and the place of motion in our lives—Amy England’s work grapples with these issues, and through them, with the issue of presence. These poems are the present, and the reader becomes more present within them. Whether it’s Japan or Chicago, the white rooms of an empty house or the empty walls of a monastery, a vivid magical-realist sense of possibility laces these evocative locations together—swiftly— England’s work is a new form of traveling.” —Cole Swensen

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A. D. JAMESON is the author of five books, including Cinemaps, a collaboration with artist Andrew DeGraff, forthcoming in late October 2017 from Quirk Books, as well as a critical book on geek culture, forthcoming in 2018 from FSG. He’s currently a PhD candidate at the University of Illinois in Chicago, where he teaches writing and film studies, and is finishing his dissertation, a collection of five hundred short fantasy, horror, and science-fiction stories. His writing has appeared in Conjunctions:57, Kin and elsewhere.

“A. D. Jameson is a pretty much a monster when it comes to corrupting familiar characters, folding, spindling and mutilating existing forms, and generally bankrupting your appreciation of traditional narrative.” —H_NGM_N

Picture Industry

Sunday, August 27, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Sunday, August 27, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Galleries

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Picture Industry

Monday, August 28, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist Walead Beshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Advising and Registration for New First-Year and Transfer Students

Thursday, August 31, 2017 – Friday, September 1, 2017

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects

Thursday, August 31, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS GalleriesThe Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College will present No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, an exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates. Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

Picture Industry

Thursday, August 31, 201711 am – 6 pm

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of ArtCurated by artist WaleadBeshty, with works by over 80 artists (ranging from historical documents to major installations), Picture Industry reflects upon transformations in the production and distribution of photographic images as realized through its varied constructions of the corporeal, from its origin as scientific tool and a means of cultural investigation to its phenomenological effects on a viewer. Methodologically, the exhibition complicates traditional accounts of the medium, drawing from photography’s role within science and the humanities to contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of photographic practices from the late 19th century to the present.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.